![]() ![]() While it’s still selected, SHIFT+click the unique lines in the wedge you got it from (no need to get a second anchor).Drop it in place so the anchor snaps to the corner. Move the selection to the opposite wedge you were working on. Grab the selection by the crosshair in the middle.Click BLOCK > Symmetry on the menu bar or the square in the Pick tool button image to bring up the Symmetry box.If this were a pentagon though, there’s nothing on the other side… so you’d have to go from wedge to wedge… one by one. Tip: Because this shape has an even number of sides, we can rotate it around 180 degrees and do the work twice as fast. Click on one of the unique lines to the wedge and then SHIFT+click on the other unique lines, plus one anchor line that goes to an outside corner of the hexagon (marked in red).Use the trick with toggling to the Color tab and back to the EasyDraw tab to make the intersections and the Pick tool to delete of the parts you don’t need.Ĭlick the Snap to Grid button on the Precision Bar so it isn’t pressed in. Remember not to break any of the foundation piecing rules (do Y’s not X’s, etc.). Use the Line tool to play connect the dots within the wedge.Using the techniques you’ve learned over the last 12 months, use the Shape tool to split one wedge into however many pieces you like.You might want to name it in the Sketchbook using the Notecard. You’ll use this for every hexagon you want to draw. Click the Add to Sketchbook button to save this step.Delete all 12 parts to the circle by clicking on each and pressing your keyboard DELETE key.(Sometimes, I’m lazy and just right-click it and Convert to Guides… this works for EasyDraw, but never for PatchDraw.) Press your keyboard DELETE key to delete it.Click on a section of the circle to select it with the Pick tool. ![]() Making a Hexagon Kaleidoscope – Clean Up the Base You’ll draw 3 lines and your block will look like this now:
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